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Perry Hoberman
-> The Sub-Division
of the Electric Light, 1996
-> Let*s Make a Monster
[USA]
Performance- and installation artist
* 1954, Cambridge, Massachusetts [USA]
lives and works in New York [USA]
Perry Hoberman is an performance- and installation artist whose
work has been exhibited worldwide. He works with a variety of technologies,
ranging from utterly obsolete to seasonably state-of-the-art. He
is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York and currently
teaches at the School of Visual Arts New York.
CV | Grants and Awards
| Solo Exhibitions | Group
Exhibitions | Works | Bibliography
| Recommended Links
CV ::
1972 - 1973
Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia [USA]
1974 - 1977
Bennington College, Vermont (BA 1977) [USA]
1978
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York [USA]
1981 - 1993
Collaboration with Laurie Anderson
1991
Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute [USA]
1992 - 1994
Adjunct Faculty, Cooper Union, New York [USA]
1993 - 1996
Art Director, Telepresence Research, Portola Valley, Kalifornien
[USA]
1996 - 2000
Instructor, MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York [USA]
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Grants and Awards
::
1999
Grand Prix, ICC Biennale '99 [J]
Award of Distinction in Interactive Art, Prix Ars Electronica 99
[A]
1998
First Place, art's_edge Multimedia Competition, Western Australian
Academy of Performing Arts [AUS]
1997
Design Distinction, I.D. Interactive Media Design Review, New York
[USA]
New York Foundation for the Arts (Computer Art) [USA]
1995
Archetype Award for Overall Excellence, Interactive Media Festival
Los Angeles [USA]
Artist in Residence, Xerox PARC Pair Project [USA]
1989
New York Foundation for the Arts [USA]
1985
Engelhart Foundation Award [USA]
New York Foundation for the Arts [USA]
1984
National Endowment for the Arts [USA]
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Solo Exhibitions
::
[selected]
2000
"Cathartic User Interface", "Timetable", Postmasters Gallery, New
York [USA]
1999
"Faraday's Garden", HTBA Time Base, Kingston-Upon-Hull [GB]
1998
"Systems Maintenance" and "Faraday's Garden", Cornerhouse Gallery,
Manchester [GB]
"Lightpools or El Bal del Fanalet", Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelona
[E]
"Systems Maintenance" and "Faraday's Garden", Ferens Gallery, Kingston-Upon-Hull
[GB]
"Unexpected Obstacles", Mediamuseum, ZKM, Karlsruhe [D]
1997
"Unexpected Obstacles", Otso Gallery, Espoo [FIN]
"Sorry We're Open", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1995
"Faraday's Islands", Boston University, Massachusetts [USA]
1994
"Bar Code Hotel", Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the
Arts, Alberta [CDN]
1992
"Zombies, Has-Beens & Excess Baggage", Postmasters Gallery, New
York [USA]
1991
"Faraday's Garden", Museum of Contemporary Art, Dayton, Ohio [USA]
1990
"Faraday's Garden", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1988
"Corporate Entities", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1986
"Lightleakers", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1985
"Dead Space/Living Rooms", Capp Street Project, San Francisco [USA]
"Works in 3D (Stereoshadows)", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1984
"Inside Out", Galerie Pon, Zurich [CH]
1983
"Out of the Picture", Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York [USA]
"Out of the Picture", Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery,
North Carolina [USA]
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Group Exhibitions
::
[selected]
2000
"Vision Ruhr", Dortmund [D]
"Alien Intelligence", Kiasma, Helsinki [FIN]
"Microwave Festival 2000", Hong Kong [RC]
1999
"Cyber", Lisbon [P]
"Techne", Spazio Oberdan, AIACE, Milan [I]
"Interaction", ICC Bienale 99, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo
[J]
"Cyberarts 99", Ars Electronica, Linz [A]
"Beyond Technology", Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York [USA]
European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck [D]
"Perspective", C3, Muscarnok, Budapest [H]
1998
"The Art of the Accident", DEAF98, Rotterdam [NL]
"The Hole", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1996
"Electra", Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo [N]
"Le laboratoire", Artifices 4, Saint-Denis [F]
"Password: Ferdydurke", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
"Can You Digit", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1995
DEAF 95, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam [NL]
"Tech Bash", Blasthaus Gallery, San Francisco (with Nick Philip)
[USA]
"Arc Gallery", International Media Festival, Los Angeles [USA]
1994
"Cyber Art", Ars Electronica, Linz [A]
"Sound and Motion", Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, North
Carolina [USA]
"Resurrections: Objects with New Souls", William Benton Museum,
Hartford, Connecticut [USA]
"Benefit Exhibition", Capp Street Project, San Francisco [USA]
1993
"Machine Culture", Siggraph '93, Anaheim, California [USA]
"Perspectives, Proximities, Perceptions", Montage 93, Rochester,
New York [USA]
1992
"In Praise of Folly", Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin [USA]
"Art Show", Siggraph '92, Chicago, Illinois [USA]
1991
The Living Room, San Francisco, California [USA]
"Waterfront Show", Minor Injury, Brooklyn, New York [USA]
1990
Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
"Springworks", New York Hall of Science [USA]
1989
Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
1988
"Poetic Justice", Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York [USA]
1987
"Art on the Beach", Creative Time, Long Island City, New York [USA]
"Art in the Dark", City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey [USA]
1986
"The Fairy Tale", Artists Space, New York [USA]
"CinemaObject", The Kitchen at City Gallery, New York [USA]
"Paintings/Objects", Postmasters Gallery, New York [USA]
"TV Generations", Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles,
California [USA]
1985
"Between Science & Fiction", Sao Paulo Bienial [BR]
"Biennial Exhibition", Whitney Museum, New York [USA]
"Future Histories: the Impact of Changing Technology", Anderson
Gallery, Richmond, Virginia [USA]
1984
"Found Language", Franklin Furnace, New York [USA]
"Science and Prophecy", White Columns, New York [USA]
1983
"Dark Rooms", Artists Space, New York [USA]
1982
"Constructed Color", Hayden Gallery, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts
[USA]
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Works
::
[selected]
"Workaholic", 2000 [Installation]
"Cathartic User Interface 2.0", 2000 [Installation]
"ZOMBIAC (Zone Of Monitor-Based Inter-Amnesiac Contact)", 2000 [Installation]
"Timetable", 1999 [Installation]
"Faraday's Garden", 1990-99 [Installation]
"Systems Maintenance", 1998 [Installation]
"Cathartic User Interface 1.0", 1995 [Installation]
"Bar Code Hotel", 1994 [Installation]
"Lightpools o El Ball del Fanalet", [Installation]
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Bibliography
::
[selected]
Levin, Kim : Perry Hoberman, Voice Choices,
The Village Voice, February 1, 2000; Haskel, Lisa : The Accidental
Tourist, Mute, Issue 13, London, 1999; Morgan Spalter, Anne:
The Computer in the Visual Arts, Addison-Wesley, Reading,
Mass, 1999; Boutoulle, Myriam: Art et nouvelles technologies:
repères, Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, 1998; Huhtamo, Erkki:
Beams of Light in a Virtual Void, article, Artbyte, April-May
1998, Vol. 1 No. 1, New York; Caniglia, Jule: Perry Hoberman,
review, Artforum, September 1997; Talasmaa, Paivi [Ed.]: Unexpected
Obstacles: The Work of Perry Hoberman, exhibition catalogue,
Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland 1997; Cohen, Mark Francis: Tools
of the Trade: Art Sneaks Up on a Handyman's Haunt, The New York
Times, May 26, 1996; Christian Enos, Joel: Blasthaus: The Real
Deal, MacHome Journal, Illinois, January, 1996; Goodman, Cynthia
[Ed.]: infoArt, CD-ROM, Rutt Video Interactive, New York,
1996; Thym, Jolene: Trashin' technology, The Oakland Tribune,
CA, September 7, 1995; Snyder, Michael: Naut Humon takes studio
to streets,Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 20, 1994;
Judmayer, Irene: Wirklich Wirlkliche Wirklichkeit, Nachrichten,
Linz, Austria, June 22, 1994; Westbury, Tim: Bar Code Hotel,
catalog essay, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada,
June 1994; Bliss Osborne, Barbara: Write on the Money,The
Independent Film and Video Monthly, NY, January/ February 1994;
Larish, John: Electronic Still Now- Siggraph, Montage, Everywhere,
Advanced Imaging, Melville, NY, September 1993; Boulanger, Luc:
Images du Futur: Qui Dit Vrai?,Voir, Montreal, June 17-23,
1993; Johnson, Ken: Perry Hoberman at Postmasters, review,
Art in America, NY, October 1992; Higgins, Jim: Kohler finds
fool's gold in 'Folly',Milwaukee Sentinel, WI, July 17, 1992;
Gerhard, Susan: G-Spot,review, San Francisco Bay Guardian,
December 11, 1991; Grove, Nancy: Not So Still Lifes, review,
Art & Antiques, NY, October 1990; Smith, Roberta: Perry Hoberman,
review, The New York Times, May 18, 1990; Stenber, Wif: Cement
Mixer, New York Press, November 3, 1989; Warshawki, Morrie:
Bill Obrecht & Perry Hoberman, review, High Performance,
Los Angeles, Issue 37, 1987; Harris, Patty: Perry Hoberman,
review, 108 East Village Review, NY, September 1986; Hanhardt, John:
Re-forming Cinema: Film as Installation, Dark Rooms, Artists
Space, NY, January 1985; List, Larry: Found Language, essay,
pamphlet, Franklin Furnace, May 1984; Carrol, Noel: Semiotics
in 3D, The Village Voice, NY, December 27, 1983; Taylor, Robert:
Colorists, dadaists, contrast at MIT gallery, Boston Sunday
Globe, March 14, 1982
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Recommended
Links ::
-> Homepage:
http://www.hoberman.com/
-> Projects, detailed work descriptions:
http://www.itofisher.com/PEOPLE/PERRY/
-> Exhibition "Sorry we're open" at Postmasters Gallery
[1997]:
http://www.artseensoho.com/Art/POSTMASTERS/hoberman97/hoberman1.html
-> Perry Hoberman "Mistakes and Misbehavior: Tantrums
in/Tampering with Cyberspace":
http://www.telefonica.es/fat/ehoberma.html
-> Perry Hoberman: "Meme und Variationen":
http://www.aec.at/festival/1996/hober.html
-> Interview:
http://www.artnode.se/artorbit/issue4/i_hoberman/i_hoberman.html
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